This Day In European History

24th September

Events
1332: King Edward de Balliol of the Scots crowned.
1688: The Nine Years' War begins as France declares war on the Holy Roman Empire.
1848: A leading nationalist, Lajos Kossuth, is appointed head of the Hungarian committee for national defence after Croatia invades.

Births
1501: Gerolamo Cardano, Italian scientist and mathematician.
1583: Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general.
1717: Horace Walpole, English writer.
1739: Grigory Potemkin, Russian statesman and soldier.
1884: Ismet Inönü, Turkish president.

Deaths
786: Pepin III, the short, King of the Franks.
1494: Angelo Poliziano, Italian poet.
1541: Paracelsus, German healer.

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